[OpenAFS] Undelete support feedback request

[Jeffrey Hutzelman]

On Thursday, December 07, 2006 02:21:00 PM -0500 Jeffrey Altman 
<jaltman@secure-endpoints.com> wrote:

>> Actually, we're only talking about files here.  A directory can't be
>> deleted in the first place unless it's empty, and the undelete operation
>> for an empty directory is the same as the directory creation operation.
>
> A delete operation on a directory filled with files that have been
> deleted but not yet reclaimed needs to be marked with the new attribute.
> Otherwise, you lose the ability to undelete the files stored within it.

Good point.



>> Life gets interesting when multiple files with the same name have been
>> deleted, but maybe you don't care about that (I would).
>
> Not so interesting.  The function to list the entries reports multiple
> files with the same name.

... and how do you pick which one you're undeleting?
I mean, I know how to do this at the RPC layer - you just undelete by FID. 
But what is the UI going to look like?



>> I suspect that the improvement over traditional backup volumes is
>> relatively small, and while it would be a "cool" feature, I think there
>> are probably others on which the time would be better spent.  Buy hey,
>> it's your time, not mine...
>
> I completely agree that there are many more important things for time
> to be spent on that are causing users real problems and not just
> inconveniences.